As Ishmael explained all that he had gone through in his journey of being a child soldier to being free‚ he uses diction in his writing to make the story easier to understand. A lot of times many writers use different types of diction so that the writing has a clearer meaning to the reader. In this memoir‚ Ishmael was able to use different types of diction for the reader to be able to understand the importance of scenes while in the war. “I stood there holding my gun and felt special because I was
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A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah had a really tough life throughout his childhood and teenage years. In his literary work‚ A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier‚ Ishmael Beah uses symbols to underscore his central theme of oppression and/or freedom. The three symbols he used to underscore his central theme of oppression and freedom was Ishmael’s AK-47‚ his cassette tapes‚ and the drugs he used. Ishmael’s AK-47 was the most important symbol that Ishmael Beah used to underscore
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Eddie Salcedo Mr. Stone December 5‚ 2012 7th period A Long Way Until The End of This Essay The author of A Long Way Gone argues against boy soldiers but also against the loss of innocence. Beah’s parents are burned alive by the rebels; this is the first step towards his animosity towards them. In his story he talks about snorting brown brown‚ shooting men and how he was slowly corrupted by the men around him‚ turning him into a machine. It tells the story of a world as horrendous as any
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The famous memoir of a child soldier and his experiences‚ A Long Way Gone‚ has amassed some controversies on whether the book is all real or if sections of the book are made up. Beah explains that he was a child solider for around 3 years. But new records have been found that it’s only been for around 3 months. Beah describes multiple times about his trauma after being a solider for 3 years which is a pivotal part of the book. The question concerning the validity of Beah’s memoir change the impact
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have chosen was A Long Way Gone‚ I have read a lot about the war in Sierra Leone in 1991‚ where the book was based around. The war had started when the Special Forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) had interviewed with Sierra Leone to try to take down the government. There was a lot of talk about how the human rights had joined in to help stop this war‚ not doing much to help thought. This war was characterized by “extreme brutality and widespread human rights abuses
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In the book A Long Way Gone I found three myths that related to cultural. One myth was on page 181 where Ishmael’s aunt served him some chicken as to welcome him‚ and chicken is not simply chicken to the Sierra Leone people‚ they represent honor and special. On pages 12‚ 172 and 157‚ it tells how the cultural in Sierra Leone does not allow men to cry. Men represent strong and are the whole in the family. If the men are weak‚ then the whole family wills collapse. Cheng 3 Lastly‚ on page 16‚
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A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah - MonkeyNotes by PinkMonkey.com For the complete study guide: http://monkeynote.stores.yahoo.net/ PinkMonkey Literature Notes on . . . http://monkeynote.stores.yahoo.net/ Sample MonkeyNotes Note: this sample contains only excerpts and does not represent the full contents of the booknote. This will give you an idea of the format and content. A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah 2007 MonkeyNotes Study Guide by Diane Clapsaddle
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What is Geography? Geography‚ simply put‚ can be summed up in two words: “where and why” (Rubenstein). However‚ it is difficult to sum geography up simply because‚ in fact‚ there is nothing simple about it. Geography can explain everything about “the earth‚ its peoples‚ and why [the] two interact as they do” (Sherer). Geography is studied by the geographers of the world who use “[maps] and mapping… [To] analyze and portray the world” (Knox) because “people everywhere struggle to understand [it]”
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A Long Way Gone is the story of a man who was formerly a child soldier in the Sierra Leone civil war. The civil war lasted from March 23‚ 1991 until January 18‚ 2002. This civil war tore families in Sierra Leone apart‚ and A Long Way Gone is an amazing representation of what it was like to be there during this time. In Chapter 12 of the memoir‚ Ishmael‚ the main character‚ and his friends from his village arrived in the fortified village of Yele after a gruesome experience just before they were shipped
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learned within them and how they were a major aspect as to how I view situations in the world around me. I cannot pick a favorite text that I have read throughout my grades nine to twelve years‚ but I will review a few that made an impact on me. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. This is the memoir of Ishmael‚ who was once a child soldier‚ reflecting on his
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